Toy.



H. 80TH.

TOY.

APPLICATION Hun MAY 1. i917.

Patented Dec. 11, 191 7.

n t x HARRY sown, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin.

TOY.

masses.

1 Application filed ma 7,1917. serialivo. 166,852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY Serif, a citizen of the United States,,andresident of improvements in toys andpartieularly we toy of the type inwhich a drum or pulley is employed adapted to travel up a cord, thepulley being colored, as for instance, red, white, and blue, in such amanner as to give a pleasing appearance to the eye when being,

a i 1 i thecoil 13, and also having its end 21 secured in the drum, is alighter cord or wire manipulated.

The primary object of my invention 1s to provide a simple toy which willbe highly amusing to both young and old, which may be used as apatriotic toy, or which may be used for the purpose of advertising.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a toy of thecharacter described which will be of extremely simple construction, andwill therefore be manufactured at an extremely low cost.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription pro ceeds, my invention resides in the novelconstruction,arrangement and combination of parts substantially asherein described and more particularly defined by the appended claims,it of course beingunderstood that such changes may be made in theprecise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed as will come withinthe scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawings T have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebestmode T have so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples of my invention.

Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of my toy, and

Fig. 2 is a view in elevatlon lookmg 1n the direction indicated byarrows 2-2 in Fig. 1.

My invention comprises essentlally an exteriorly screw threaded orgrooved drum or pulley 5 which has extending therein from side to sidethe three spaced apertures 6 and has extending centrally therethrough ametal or other bushing 7 forming the bearing for the pulley on the pivot8 which has extending laterally therefrom in oppos1te directions thearms 9 and 10 having the r inwardly bent as at 11 and 1 2 to be parallelwith the pivot 8. The, ends of the arms 11' and 12 are coiled as at 18and 14 respec: tively, the open ngs of which coils are in approximatealinement. Extending out from the coil 14 is the extension 16 adaptedSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented D430, 11,1917,

to receive a flag or suitable advertisement 1 17, and formed on the coil13 is the. hook 18 1 adapted to receive any desired attachment,

the extension 16 having its flag extending centrally over. the drum.-

Secured to the drum is the end 19 ofa wire or cord 20 which is woundseveral,

times around the drum 'extending downwardly and through the openingformed in 22 which is wound several times around the drum in a directionopposite to that of the cord 20 and passes up through the opening formedin the coil 14.

The drum 5 is divided into an inner, intermediate and outer colored and25 "being blue, white, and a bright red respectively, the colors makinga pleasing display when the drum is caused to ascend or descend as itwill be apparent.

Having thus described my invention in as clear and precise a manner aspossible, I will now endeavor to set forth its operation which is asfollows:

The upper lighter cord may be secured to any suitable support or held inone hand, and the lower heavier cord is held in the other hand and whenstress is applied the drum will ascend up the lighter cord and when thestress is released it will descend. This being accomplished by thelighter cord sinking deeper into the groove than the heavier cordthereby having less leverage than the heavier cord, and thus causing thedrum, as aforesaid, to travel up the lighter cord as will be apparent tothose skilled in the art to which an invention of this characterappertains.

I claim:

1. A toy of the characterdescribed comprising an exteriorly screwthreaded drum of the same diameter throughout, a pivot therefor, a lightand heavy cord oppositely wound on the drum, and guiding means carriedby the pivot and engaging the cords.

2. A toy of the character described com prising a pivot member havingarms laterally extending therefrom in opposite diportions 23, 2 1,

openings in their outer ends, an exteriorly screw threaded drum mountedon the pivot and of the same diameter throughout, and" means engagingthe grooves of the drum and passing through the openings in the arms ofthe p iVot member to cause said drum to ascend and descend Substantiallyas described.

3 A toyof the character described com- 29 prisinga drunna pivot forthe'drum, lat-- eral arms formed on saidpivot and extend inyi oppositedirections, a; light andfa heavy cord having their inner ends secured tothe drum and partially Wound therearou'ndin' op'p'osit'di'rections, theouter ends ofthe cords slidably engaging the ends of said lateral arms,and a display flag carried by. one-of said arms, said drum having aseries of apertures therein and having its sides paintedfto 'representthe colors of an American flag substantially as described.

5. A device of thecharacter describech comprisingadrum, pivot for thedrum alight cord Wound on'the drum, a heavy cord' wound on the drumopposite to the light cord, guides for'the cordsand carried by saidpi'vot,- said drum being adapted to travel up the light cord when stressis appliedto the cords, substantially aS described.

In testii'nonythat I claim the foregoing 1 have hereuntoset 'myhand' atMilwaukee, in thecounty of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

HARRY SOTH;

ciipieswf this-patent majbe obtained forfiyre cents eabhyby addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, r Washington, D. G.

